Great Britain 1902 5d dull purple and blue (O.W. Official) Specimen, SGO34s

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Great Britain 1902 5d dull purple and blue (O.W. Official) Specimen, SGO34sGreat Britain 1902 5d dull purple and blue (O. W. Official) Specimen, SGO34s. A superb unmounted mint, with full original gum, example overprinted "SPECIMEN" type 16. A rare government official stamp used exclusively for reference purposes in the finest possible condition. The "O. W. Official" overprints were issued to Office of Works. The higher value issues from 2d and above were issued in 1902 for registration fees and overseas mail. GB Specialised

having been originally presented to a valued employee at Buckingham Palace and passed down through his family for more than 60 years

GB Specialised Catalogue No: M5(1)d

imperforate from Die II

Alexei Leonov (first person to walk in space)

Just 200 examples were overprinted as franked correspondence carried by Lieutenant H

Art autographs include:

which makes the Queen’s head and value appear on the wrong side

The Stanley Gibbons catalogue value is £814+

Great Britain 1890 5s Rose I

This imperforate imprimatur from the very first approved printing sheet is very rare

Pakistan Bahawalpur 1949 Anniversary of the Universal Postal Union set of 4 to 2½a in MATCHING IMPERFORATE UPPER HALF-SHEETS of 25

but the method of number stamps has been changed many times